Comment Re:I guess I need to start looking for a replaceme (Score 1) 27
gotta figure out a new API provider too. So much for all my cool weather-related apps and automations.
Submission + - Trade Bill Fails in the House (washingtonpost.com)
schwit1 writes: President Obama suffered a major defeat to his Pacific Rim free trade initiative Friday as House Democrats helped derail a key presidential priority despite his last-minute, personal plea on Capitol Hill.
The House voted 302 to 126 to sink a measure to grant financial aid to displaced workers, fracturing hopes at the White House that Congress would grant Obama fast-track trade authority to complete an accord with 11 other Pacific Rim nations.
This was after silicon valley heavyweights made a last minute push to pass the bill and the white house got personal with many Democratic lawmakers.
The House voted 302 to 126 to sink a measure to grant financial aid to displaced workers, fracturing hopes at the White House that Congress would grant Obama fast-track trade authority to complete an accord with 11 other Pacific Rim nations.
This was after silicon valley heavyweights made a last minute push to pass the bill and the white house got personal with many Democratic lawmakers.
Submission + - Commodore PC still controls heat and A/C at 19 Michigan Public Schools (woodtv.com) 2
jmulvey writes: Think your SCADA systems are outdated? Environmental monitoring at 19 Grand Rapids Public Schools are still controlled by a Commodore Amiga. Programmed by a High School student in the 1980s, the system has been running 24/7 for decades. A replacement has been budgeted by the school system, estimated cost: Between $1.5 and 2 million. How much is your old Commodore Amiga worth?
Submission + - Google Fiber work hung up in Kansas City (kansascity.com)
alphadogg writes: When Google announced last spring that Kansas City, Kan., had landed the tech company’s much-pursued super-speed Internet project, the company gushed about the local utility poles. Now it turns out that differences over where and how to hang wires on those poles, and what fees or installation costs may be required, have created a troublesome bump in plans to launch the project.
Submission + - Survey: Blackberry owners chained to work
seriouslywtf writes: New survey data suggests that Americans are split over whether Blackberrys are chaining them to work. However, those with Blackberrys are more likely to work longer hours and feel like they have less personal time than those without. From the Ars article:
Regardless of how users felt, though, survey results showed that those who owned a Blackberry were, in fact, more likely to work long hours than those who didn't. 19 percent of Blackberry-owning survey respondents reportedly worked more than 50 hours a week, compared to only 11 percent of the general population. A higher percentage of Blackberry owners also felt that they didn't have enough personal time in their lives — 53 percent, compared to the 40 percent average. [...] Director of Marketing Strategies Donna Hall spoke with Ars and expanded on why Blackberry owners may feel chained to work. "Many have been given a BlackBerry by their employers. The expectation on the part of the employer is that once they have it they will be accessible at all times. There are no more boundaries or times when they are unreachable, even on vacation," she told us.
Comment Re:88 machines per rack? hardly. (Score 3, Interesting) 476
From the cabinets I saw, it was definitely 2U vertical space. It was one of those things that surprised me a little - I would have assumed they'd use blade servers, or at least 1U boxes just to get the rack density. So when I had the opportunity to "sneak a peek", I tried to notice as much as I could, without poking and prodding. Unfortunately, there wasn't much to notice, other than what I mentioned previously. That, and they were all pre-installed in the cabinets before shipping out to the colo. (There were 30 or 40 cabinets in the shipping/receiving area of the colo).
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